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CLJ undergraduates gather around to host their first general board meeting of the academic year

CLJ Student Society Hosts First General Board Meeting

Check out the highlights from last week’s general board meeting! We had an amazing turnout with around 35 attendees. The enthusiasm and involvement from everyone made the meeting a great success. We’re thrilled…

CLJ Faculty at Chicago for Socialism Conference

Dr. Beth E. Richie, presented on two talk tracks: Abolition. Feminism. Now., and Teaching Toward Freedom from Behind the Bars: Last weekend, she joined leading scholar-activists reflecting on the often unrecognized genealogies of queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist,…

Shield Illinois Virtual Job Fair

Job Fair Dates: 9.14.2021 to 9.17.2021 Please see the attached flyer for more information and links on the job fair.  

UIC CLJ Prof. Liat Ben-Moshe and UIC Prof. Patricia O’Brie Interviewed in Ms. Magazine Article on the History and Misconceptions of the Deinstitutionalization of Mental Hospitals, the Effects of COVID-19 on Incarcerated Individuals, and Alternatives to Incarceration

“One of the reasons why there are many people with mental health issues in prisons is not because of deinstitutionalization or because such people belong in psychiatric hospitals…” To read the full article…